Railroad Attorneys Meet in Austin on Injunction, Tariffs
General attorneys from several leading railroads gather in Austin to discuss the ongoing injunction, the state’s response by Attorney General Looney, and next steps. they align with freight agents preparing tariffs due for interstate commerce review by october 1, with rates to take effect november 1. judges from the region attend as the Galveston-New Orleans rate case remains slated for october 10. Shippers in north Texas oppose any rate changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Railroad Commission
Looney
Merce Commission
Sherman
State
Gordon Russell
H. M. Garwoond
Sunset-Central Lines
J. W. Terry
Santa Fe
E. B. Perkins
Cotton Belt
Texas Railroad Commission
Galveston-New Orleans
Galveston
North Texas
Kidney Cure Promise From Patient Tale
T F Hutchinson of Little Rock Arkansas describes years of kidney trouble and failed remedies until Foley Kidney Pills relieved pain. He used five boxes and now reports being well. Endorsed by A M Fischer.
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T. F. Hutchinson
Little Rock
Ark
Foley
A. M. Fischer
Ambassador Gerard and wife sail from Berlin to Copenhagen
James W. Gerard American ambassador and Mrs Gerard left Berlin this morning for Copenhagen. From there Mrs Gerard will sail for the United States on September 28.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Sayville
James W. Gerard
Gerard
United States
Landlord Sees Slogan Shout Arouse Sleepy Town
A pessimistic landlord at Ethnia Tavern quotes a Judge on a new slogan adopted by the commercial club. He savors the idea of loud, persistent shouting to keep the town awake, implying doubt about its effectiveness. The remark frames a small town debate over civic promotion and morale.
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Ethnia Tavern
Somme Offensive Brilliance Drives British French Gain
Allied forces push across the Somme in a sweeping advance. British take half of Morval and all of Lesboeuf, with French troops storming Rancourt and nearing Fregicourt. Combles isolated as artillery roars and balloons dot the sunny battlefield. Signals mark new village captures along an 8000 yard front.
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France
London
Somme
Britain
Morval
Lesboeuf
Rancourt
Fregicourt
Combles
Treat to be promoted to brigadier in regular army
Colonel Charles G. Treat will be promoted to brigadier in the regular army according to Washington advises. He has many friends in San Antonio from his years at Fort Sam Houston where he commanded the Third Field Artillery and served as post commandant. He later joined the army general staff in Washington to reside.
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Charles G. Treat
Washington
San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston
Third Field Artillery
Treat
Army General Staff
Pershing Named New Major General by President
Washington D C Sept 26 Secretary Baker announced the president would nominate Brig Gen J J Pershing commander of the American expeditionary forces in Mexico to be a major general filling the vacancy from the death of Major Gen Mills. Col Eben Swift Francis H French Edwin St John Greble and Charles Treat will become brigadier generals succeeding Pershing promoted to major general Granger Adams Montgomery McComb and F W Sibley will retire. Pershing promotion does not affect his assignment in Mexico.
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Washington, D. C
Baker
J. J. Pershing
Mexico
Mills
Eben Swift
General Staff
Francis H. French
Twenty-first Infantry
Edwin St. John Greble
Sixth Artillery
Charles Treat
Pershing
Granger Adams
Montgomery McComb
F. W. Sibley
British Infantry Enters Combles in World War I Standoff
French pushed toward Fregi court severing link to Combles via a southern road. A gap between Morval and Fregicourt, about a mile and a half wide, was swept by French and British fire. By day’s end it appeared few Germans remained in Combles as withdrawals of guns began.
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Fregicourt
Combles
Sailly
Morval
Somme
Paris
Saillisel
Florina
Struma
Vardar
Vera Cruz Taken by Guerrilla Fighter Laura Cejuda
The Ahumada family in El Paso learned by cable from Vera Cruz that guerrilla fighter Laura Cejuda claimed capture of Vera Cruz yesterday. Cejuda, linked to factions from the old Mexican federal army and later under Orozco and Zapata, is not known to have ties to Villa and may be acting independently.
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EL Paso
Tex
Miguel Ahumada
Chihuahua
Diaz
Vera Cruz
Laura Cejuda
Cejuda
Galveston
Mexican Federal Army
Orozco
Zapata
Villa
President Wilson to Speak in Chicago on October 19
President Wilson will address Chicago on October 19 under the auspices of a non political organization. The announcement comes from Democratic western headquarters after a message from Shadow Lawn, N J, the president's summer home, relayed by Senator Thomas J Walsh who heads the local committee.
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Chicago
Wilson
Shadow Lawn
N. J
United States
Thomas J. Walsh
Walsh
Miss Louise Parr Dies at 18 at Duval County Ranch
Miss Louise Parr aged 18 daughter of state Senator Archer Parr died last night at her father's ranch in Duval County Texas. She was buried in Benavides this afternoon and was a student at Southwestern University in Georgetown last year.
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Louise Parr
Corpus Christi
Tex
Archer Parr
Duval
Benavides
Southwestern University
Georgetown
French Break Through Near Combles and Fregicourt
Paris reports French forces capturing the village of Fregicourt and penetrating the Combles cemetery on the Somme front. Eight hundred unwounded prisoners taken. Germans launch counterattacks near Verdun and on other fronts, with Allies holding gains and advancing near Morval and the outskirts of Combles.
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Paris
Somme
Fregicourt
Combles
Germany
Verdun
Thiaumont Work
Fleury
Anglo French Gains Reported On Somme Front
Berlin reports on the Somme last night that Anglo French forces advanced east of Eaucourt L Abbaye and north of Flers, with village captures on the Gueudecourt and Boucha vesnes line. German high command praises their own troops while noting French charges south of the Somme yielded under heavy sacrifices.
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Berlin
Sayville
Somme
Eaucourt L’abbaye
Flers
Gueudecourt
Bouchavesnes
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Ancre
Guedecourt
Illinois Eighth Infantry to Leave Camp Wilson October Sixth
The Eighth Illinois infantry, a black regiment, will depart Camp Wilson for Springfield on October 6, three days after the Twelfth division resigns from the Austin march. Western state troops will reach San Antonio before then and the unit will be sent to Leon Springs for target practice after arrival. Troop A Wisconsin cavalry returns home and Troop B takes its place for field training. The transfer aligns with training needs and timing.
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Camp Wilson
Wyoming Infantry
Springfield
Austin
San Antonio
Leon Springs
Wisconsin Cavalry
Wisconsin
Illinois
Swiss-Born Texan Aims For Postwar Export Dealings
T Q O Schmid of 417 West Travis seeks a passport from New York to Bordeaux with plans to sail around October 28. He wants to establish a large export business between the United States and France after the war. A Switzerland native, his Bordeaux merchant brother inspired the venture, and Schmid will be joined by his wife to arrange postwar trade immediately once peace is declared.
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United States
France
T. QO. Schmid
West
Travis Street
New York
Bordeaux
Mr. Schmid
Switzerland
Europe
Emperor Francis Joseph Replies to Polish Relief Note
The reply of Emperor Francis Joseph to President Wilosa’s plea for belligerent nations to permit relief shipments to Poland was received at the State Department and forwarded to the president at Shadow Lawn without being opened. State officials noted other rulers’ replies show no immediate relief proposals, with only Russia reportedly not replying.
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Washington, D. C
Francis Joseph
Austria-Hungary
Wilosa
Poland
State Department
Shadow Lawn
Russia
Injunctions Bar Poll Officials From Removing Boxes
District Judge Terrell issued injunctions Monday afternoon prohibiting presiding judges from removing ballot boxes from polling places until the vote count is completed and results are reported.
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Terrell
Berlin Concedes Roumanian Gains In Transylvania
German official report notes Roumanian troops occupy heights on Szurduk and Vulcan passes in Transylvania. German forces repulse attacks then withdraw per orders. Russians launch six major assaults near Manajow in Galicia but incur heavy losses. Budapest dispatch claims Roumanians conscripting men aged 17 to 55 in occupied Transylvania and sending them to Roumania.
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Berlin
Sayville
Szurduk
Vulcan Passes
Transylvania
Manajow
Galicia
Pestinapla
Budapest
Roumania
Tarrant County's Wet Majority Wins by 884 Votes
Fort Worth reports final local option results showing 7997 anti votes to 7113 pro votes in Tarrant County. The 15,110 total votes mark the heaviest turnout in county history with women documenting alleged voter irregularities and officials signaling readiness for potential future action.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Tarrant County
Wayside
Brown Harwood
Anti-Campaign
B. F. Bouldin
Kodaks
Polytechnic
Mansfield
Twelfth West
Antis
Alleged Slayer of Judge Lawler Found
David D. Overton, sought in the killing of Probate Judge W. T. Lawler, was arrested in Smithville, Tennessee. Huntsville officers identified him. he likely will be taken to Montgomery. The case followed a wave of crises in Huntsville including militia callout and two suicides linked to the murder aftermath. Three men charged with complicity remain jailed in Birmingham pending habeas corpus.
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Birmingham
Ala
David D. Overton
W. T. Lawler
Huntsville
Joseph R. Tate
Smithville
Tenn
Overton
Montgomery
Lawler
Tennessee River
Alabama
Judge Lawler
Shelby Pleasants
Robert Phillips
Madiso County
Birmingham Criminal Court
Prisoner Identified by Tennessee Officers
Officers from Huntsville Alabama reached Smithville Tennessee and identified the Overton suspect as David D. Overton former Huntsville circuit clerk charged with murder of Judge W T Lawler. Overton twice tried to escape after recognition by a former Huntsville resident.
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Nashville
Tenn
Huntsville
Ala
Smithville
Overton
David D. Overton
W. T. Lawler
Change to Cooler Forecast by Local Weather Bureau
Major Allen Buell of the local weather bureau predicts cooler weather within twenty four hours. He notes an air pressure distribution that could bring a cool spell especially to the northwestern part of the state Tuesday night. Local showers are possible as the cooler air advances, driven by a low pressure area being displaced by a high pressure region from the Rocky Mountains.
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Allen Buell
Buell
Rocky Mountain
Episcopals to Complete Pensions Plan By March 1917
Boston, Sept 26. Bishop William Lawrence announced the Episcopal Church expects to have the $5,000,000 pension fund fully raised by March 1, 1917. The pledge comes amid ongoing fundraising efforts coordinated by church leaders nationwide.
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Episcopals
Boston
Mass
Episcopal Church Pension Fund
William Lawrence
First Missouri Guard Returns Parades Through St Louis
The First Regiment Missouri National Guard arrived back in St Louis from the border and paraded through downtown streets marking a notable homecoming today.
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Guard Regiment
St. Louis
Missouri National Guard
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